For All Practical Purposes
Subtitle: mathematical literacy in today's world
Publisher: W.H. Freeman and Co.; W. H. Freeman
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 762
ISBN-13: 9781429209007
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Management science.; title: Urban services; title: Business efficiency; title: Planning and scheduling; title: Linear programming; title: Part 2 : Statistics : the science of data.; title: Exploring data : distributions; title: Exploring data : relationships; title: Data for decisions; title: Probability : the mathematics of chance; title: Part 3 : Voting and social choice.; title: Social choice : the impossible dream; title: The manipulability of voting systems; title: Weighted voting systems; title: Electing the president; title: Part 4 : Fairness and game theory.; title: Fair division; title: Apportionment; title: Game theory : the mathematics of competition; title: Part 5 : The digital revolution.; title: Identification numbers; title: Information science; title: Part 6 : On size and growth.; title: Growth and form; title: Symmetry and patterns; title: Tilings; title: Part 7 : Your money and resources.; title: Savings models; title: Borrowing models; title: The economics of resources